STRIOID.K-TIII': OWLS. SI 



Tiiil. mid sli-i|,cs oil siilc.-i, niiirli diiiUcr tliiui tliu Imrk; tail-liiiiids 

 " I c?) ■'^ (9 I. nut iMiniiiuious; tors only .sniiitily li:iin'(l. Win:.', 

 ;i..")(l- 1.0(1 ; tail. '..',5(1- 'J.Slt; ciiliiii'ii, .4;i-.-IS; tarsus, .(iO ; niidiUc 

 toe, ..v.. //„/,. \V,..,u.in I'l-oviiict.' of Norlli Aiiiciica. TaMi-- 



lamls i]|' .Mcxii vaf. r<t I i/n r ii i r urn . 



B. Marking-; nn ih,. ridwn Imii^ntniliiial and lini'ar. 



2. G. infuscatum. Tail dark Imiwii, crossed liy six to scvoii non-con- 

 tiiiMoiis l.aihU of whit.', narrower than the dark oiios Abovu vnryin.ir 

 from f^rayi>li-l.ro\vn lo icddisli-nMilicr and sepia. ISeneatli white, the 

 Stripes on the sides ;.:rayisli-lirowii or (hirk brown, hko the liaek. 



Aliove dark sepia, or l)laekish-i>rown. Tail brownisli-lilaek or 

 deep lilaik-. \Vill;.^ li.TO - .'!.iH) ; tail, 'i.oO - 'J-'JO ; enlnien, .4.j ; 

 tarsus, .•;.") -.SO; middle toe, .(i."J-.70. I!>il>. Hastern South 



Aineriea var. i ii/nnratu in } 



Above .L'rayisli, or reddish-niiiljer. Tail clear dark brown, or 

 grayish-uiiiber. 



Win- ;!.(;o-;i.0O; tail, 'i..'!;") - 2.7") ; eiilinen, .45 - .50 ; tar.siis, 

 .<15-.S(i; middle toe, .()()-. 70. Ilab. Middle America, from 

 the Itio (iiande (prol>al)ly in Te.xas) lo Panama . var. giiomn.' 



3. G. ferrugineum. Tail crossed by seviMi to niiu; eontinnous bands 

 of dark bmwn ami l.ri-lit riil'ons, of nearly equal Width. Aliove vary- 

 in,? I'rom erayisli-liiciwn lu liriffht femi.ninoiis ; beneath varyin;; from 

 pure while to pale nilbiis the stripes on the sides like the back. Wing, 

 3.70-4.15: tail, 'J.lio -'j.DO; eidmeii, .45 - ..50; tarsii-s .70 -.SO; iniil- 

 (Ue toe, .70 -.75. /lull. Tropical America, from sonthern border of 

 United States lo Soiitlieni IJrazil. 



Glaucidium passerinum, vur. californicum (Sciater). 



THE CALIFORNIA PIGMY OWL, 



Olaufiiliiim c'di'/nniii'inii, Seivrri;, I'luc. Zeill. Soc. I.oiul. 1S.'>7, p. 4. Glniicidiiiiii pas- 

 ncriiiKin, var. i-ii,'i/,„;ii'nii,i (IIiikiwav) ('orr..s, Key, 1S72, 206. Strix pansi-i-iiwidii {not 

 of Tk.mminck '.), .\ni. Orii. liiej,'. V, -J?!, 1831. lllnKcidiiini in/iisadHM (not of 

 Tkm.m.I), Cass. I'.iids el' Cal. & Tex. p. IS!), 1854. - Xl'.wii. V. I!. I!. Hept. VI, IV, 

 77, 1857. Hhnindin,,, iinnnvi (not nf W'Adl.r.i: 1), Cass, liirds X. Am. 1S5S, (1-2. — 

 Hr.KUM. 1'. 1!. li. l!,|,i. VII, :;i, 1857. -< oop. ct Si-.k. P. U. R. Kept. XII, ii, 158, 

 18(iO. — Coii:s, I'ruil. (ird. Aiiz. p. 14, 18o(;. -Caii. Jour. 1802, a3(i. — I.or.n. Int. 

 Ohs. l,s(;5, liill (lwliit>i. --(;);av. Hand List, I, 42, 1801). — Cah. I'd). I5url. Miw. 

 1S()!), 2(17. 



Si\ CiiAii. Aihili (^, l'j.().54. I'liijet Sound, Washin,[rton Territory: Dr. C. B. 

 Keiinei-ly). .Miove, ineiiidiu'j: (lie aurii'iilai's, umlier-ln ' 'Wii, with a faint reddish cast ; this 



1 Gliiucidiitiii iiifiiirntinii, var. iiifii.ffnlinii. Sfn'.r iii/iiscdln, Tr.MM. Iml. fli'm'ral, 1821. 

 Alliaie. L, ItoNAl'. Consp. 37, 1850 (cxil. syn.). G/nuciiliina /. ,KArf, Cent. Orn. 1852, 103. 

 f SlrLe chita, Ii.i.Ki. in Mus. lii'il. Cab. Azar. Xo. 49. Stri.r pdSRn-inuiiku, Tkmm. PI. Col. 344. 

 Slim ill p., IioNAl". Os. Cdv. Ilrj,'. .All. I, 57. Xi'iiiiii p., Li.ss. Man. & Tr. Orn. 



^ Glaiiciiliiiiii iiifiisiyitiini, var. iiudhih. Ghniciiliuiii (iiinma, Waoi,. Isis, 1332, 275. — Kai'I', 

 Monoi,'. Slriijidii; in Coiitr. In Orn. 1852, in.) (under '/. m/iisintum). — Stkickl. Orn. Syn. 1, 

 103, 1855 (under ^\ iii/iisriiliiui). Allniir ijiiihiui, OiiAY, Ocii. Birds, f . sp. ,S5, 1844. Hnb. 

 Whole of Middle Amerie.-i, frniii I'anania northward to the liio Grande and Mazatlan. Probably 

 yet to he found in Tixas or N'ew .Mexico. 



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